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2 Samuel 2:16

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then each man grabbed his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his opponent’s side so that they all died together. So this place, which is in Gibeon, is named Field of Blades.

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Then Abner said to Joab, ‘Let’s have the young men get up and compete in front of us.’ ‘Let them get up,’ Joab replied.


So they got up and were counted #– #twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from David’s soldiers.


The battle that day was extremely fierce, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers.


Their boundary included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph,


Then Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour for ever? Don’t you realise this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers? ’


and each one struck down his opponent.  So the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them,  but King Ben-hadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.


This became known to all the residents of Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field is called Hakeldama (that is, ‘Field of Blood’).





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